Events

2nd AsiaPacific Outgames The 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames was held in March 2011. As part of this a human rights conference was held in the Wellington Town Hall. The theme was Strength In Diversity: Connect, Collaborate, Inspire...

Audio from Ryan Conrad's community presentation. The discussion was held at 17 Tory Street, Wellington on 1 March 2015. Special thanks to The Freedom Shop and Against Equality for allowing us to record this event. This presentation and discussion breaks the supposed queer...

Audio from the Beyond conference, held in Wellington 11-13 October 2013. The conference was organised by the The Queer Avengers (Wellington) and aimed to address the lived experiences of queer/trans people in relation to identity, race, disability, the media, healthcare, parenting, education and imprisonment...

Audio from the Butch Femme Queer Feminist Elders panel discussion, held at Trades Hall in Grey Lynn on 24 November 2012. Special thanks to the panel for allowing their stories to be recorded and shared online...

Audio from C.L.I.T Fest (Combatting Latent Inequalities Together), held at the Irish Society Hall in Wellington on the 1st and 2nd June 2013. C.L.I.T Fest has been happening around the world since 2004 as a feminist DIY punk festival, challenging oppressive norms within punk...

Audio from the Chechnya Vigil held outside the Russian embassy in Wellington. The candlelight vigil was organised to show solidarity with the people who have reportedly been rounded up in Chechnya because of their gay or bisexual orientation (or perceived sexual orientation) and then...

Emma Kelly and Gareth Watkins present at the POPCAANZ conference (Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand). The presentation firstly looks at double curatorship: Gareth Watkins and Paula Booker - 30 years of HIV AIDS in New Zealand, and then examines some of...

MP Georgina Beyer confronts Destiny Church followers on the steps of Parliament during the Enough is Enough march and rally. Thousands of Destiny Church followers, dressed in black t-shirts, demonstrated against the Civil Union Bill (amongst other things) in Parliament grounds where they were...

Audio from the panel discussion: Exploring Trans Activism and Representation in Media. The panel was part of Auckland Zinefest 2016, and included panelists
Aram Wu - co-founder of EquAsian and a member of the Auckland Council Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel, Emmy Rakete - organiser, spokesperson...

Audio from the IDAHOBIT event held at Parliament. The panel presentation marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia and Intersexphobia. A special thank you to the Rainbow NZ Parliamentary Network and the community participants for allowing us to record and share this...

Audio from the IDAHOBIT flag raising ceremony held on the forecourt of Parliament. The event marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia and Intersexphobia. It is believed to be the first time in the world where the bisexual, transgender, intersex and rainbow...

Audio from the tribute night to the late Johnny Croskery held at Scotty and Mal's Cocktail and Lounge Bar in Wellington. Johnny passed away on 19 April 2012. Special thanks to Scotty and Mal for allowing us to record the tribute evening...

The national hui ran from the 23 - 25 January 2009 at Tapu Te Ranga Marae in Island Bay, Wellington. It was organised by Out There! National Queer Youth Development Project and featured a queer youth training workshop along with discussions about sexual...

Audio from a discussion pre and post screening of Last Chance, a documentary that tells the stories of five rainbow asylum seekers who flee their native countries to escape homophobic violence and intimidation and seek safety in Canada. Speakers include Christian Desroches (High Commission...

Audio from the Leaving a Legacy workshop held at Thistle Hall, Wellington on 14 September 2016. The workshop looked at creative ways to record and preserve our diverse identities, cultures and world views. It was organised by Tiwhanawhana and the Lesbian and Gay...

Participants at NXT:14 talk to Tabby about what the conference meant to them. Delegates representing rainbow youth groups from New Zealand and the Pacific Islands came together in Auckland for three days (7-9 February 2014) of workshops and discussion. Speakers covered a range of...

Participants at NXT:15 talk to Tabby about what the conference meant to them. Delegates representing rainbow youth groups from New Zealand and the Pacific Islands came together in Auckland for three days (19-21 February 2015) of workshops and discussion...

Jo Jackson interviews stall holders and visitors to Out in the Square which was held in Civic Square, Wellington on 19 January 2013. The community fair has been held annually since 1986. 00:04 - Andrew
01:05 - Caitlen
02:03 - Mayor of Wellington Celia Wade-Brown
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OuterSpaces information evening. OuterSpaces is a collaborative initiative between Wellington's gender and sexuality diverse youth support organisations: School's Out, Tranzform, Naming New Zealand and Wellington Binder Exchange. A special thank you to the organisers and participants for allowing this event to be...

The hui was a two-day celebration of decolonisation, feminism and anti-racism, for people of colour/indigenous feminists and activists. Around forty people attended the hui which was held in the Ponsonby Community Centre over Waitangi weekend 2012. The hui examined the connections between racism...

Audio from the 2nd ILGA Oceania Rainbow Human Rights and Health Conference, held in Wellington 9-12 March 2016. A special thank you to the organisers and participants for allowing us to record the conference...

Audio from Queer History in the Making, a community show-and-tell event organised by the Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand. It was held at the National Library of New Zealand, Wellington on 12 September 2015...

On 22 August 2017 Rainbow Wellington hosted a rainbow election forum at St Andrew's on the Terrace in Wellington. Nine representatives from a diverse range of political parties attended. They spoke about their parties past achievements, their current policies and answered questions...

The Rainbow Pride Community Honours celebrate people who have made outstanding contributions to the queer and takataapui communities of the Wellington region. The inaugural gala celebration was held on the 10th of February 2015. The honours evening was split into three parts...

Audio from the inaugural Same Same But Different LGBTQI writers festival, held in Auckland 12-14 February 2016. A special thank you to the organisers and participants for allowing us to record the festival...

Audio from the service to commemorate and celebrate the life of Virginia Burns (a.k.a Virginia Parker-Bowles). The service was held at Old St Paul's, Wellington on 23 June 2017. A special thank you to Jac and whanau for allowing us to record...

A hui for young people of diverse sexualities, sexes and genders. The hui ran from the 22 - 25 April 2016 at Tapu Te Ranga Marae in Island Bay, Wellington. A special thank you to the organisers and participants for allowing us...

A national hui for young people of minority sexualities, sexes,
and genders. The hui ran from the 18-21 April 2017 at Te Horouta Marae, Porirua. A special thank you to the participants and InsideOUT for allowing us to record and share parts of...

A national hui for young people of minority sexualities, sexes and genders. The hui ran from the 20-23 April 2018 at Te Horouta Marae, Porirua. A special thank you to the participants and InsideOUT for allowing for parts of the hui to...

Listen to Linda Evans, Alison Laurie and Ngahui Te Awekotuku talk to Judy Lessing about attending Stonewall 25 and the ILGA World conference in New York (June/July 1994). The recording is part of the Nga Taonga Sound & Vision radio collection, listen to it...

Rowen Sullivan was born in England to a same-sex couple, Diane Sullivan, a British citizen, and New Zealander Doreen Shields. Only Diane's name, as the birth parent, was recorded on Rowen's birth certificate. In November 1999 the family moved to New Zealand, and Rowen...

Tiwhanawhana Celebrates Matariki Audio from the Tiwhanawhana Celebrates Matariki event held at the National Library of New Zealand in Wellington on 29 July 2017. The event involved waiata, a special showing of the Wahine exhibition: Beyond the 'dusky maiden' Ki tua o te 'puhi...

Audio from the Transgender Day of Remembrance service held at St. Andrew's on the Terrace, Wellington on 18 November 2018. A special thank you to the congregation of St. Andrew's for allowing us to record and share this service. 0:00:05 - Rev Dr...

Audio from Unsettled Diasporas - a panel discussion on Asian feminism from contributors to Mellow Yellow, a local Asian feminist zine. The panel was part of Auckland Zinefest 2015. A special thank you to the organisers and participants for allowing us to record...

Audio from the Vigil for Zena Campbell, held in Civic Square on 20 March 2018. Zena was killed on the 11 February 2018 in Wellington. A special thank you to Bella Simpson and the Campbell family for allowing us to record this event...